All posts tagged: Lisa Desjardins

A Tumultuous Year in Politics

A Tumultuous Year in Politics

December 23, 2023, 7 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. On Tuesday, Colorado’s Supreme Court disqualified Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot after determining that his actions on January 6, 2021, made him ineligible under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. The Colorado court’s actions come on the precipice of another tumultuous year in politics, one featuring a general election and a likely rematch of the 2020 race between the former and present U.S. presidents. Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to look back at 2023 and discuss what to expect in 2024 are Lisa Desjardins, correspondent at PBS NewsHour; Adam Harris, staff writer at The Atlantic; Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House correspondent at The New York Times; and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief at USA Today. Read the full transcript here. Source link

Anger and Frustration Grows in the House

Anger and Frustration Grows in the House

Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 24, 2023 Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic November 25, 2023, 6:15 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week with The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. Anger and frustration is growing among some members of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s caucus over government spending. Johnson has a long legislative to-do list when the House returns to Washington after Thanksgiving, and with Republicans holding a razor-thin majority, his moves will be scrutinized by Republicans and Democrats alike. Joining guest moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic, Lisa Desjardins, this week to discuss this and more are Carl Hulse, chief Washington correspondent at The New York Times; Nikole Killion, Congressional correspondent at CBS News; Toluse Olorunnipa, White House bureau chief at The Washington Post; and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief at USA Today. Read the full transcript here. Source link